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Interstellar

Interstellar

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 8.7

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

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Threads

Threads

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 8

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

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A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1958 IMDB Rating: 7.9

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles L...

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Gravity

Gravity

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, dis...

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United 93

United 93

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 7.6

A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

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Sunshine

Sunshine

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is...

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The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1961 IMDB Rating: 7.2

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultan...

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Everest

Everest

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions chal...

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Sinking of the Lusitania

Sinking of the Lusitania

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 6.9

The story of the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 after she was torpedoed off the Irish coast. The story is told from the perspective of Prof. Holbourn (a passenger), the German U-boat and its captain...

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Non-Stop

Non-Stop

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortl...

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